Re: [PATCHv3 6/6] x86/signal: add SA_{X32,IA32}_ABI sa_flags

From: Dmitry Safonov
Date: Fri Aug 26 2016 - 16:57:10 EST


On 08/26/2016 08:13 PM, Dmitry Safonov wrote:
Introduce new flags that defines which ABI to use on creating sigframe.
Those flags kernel will set according to sigaction syscall ABI,
which set handler for the signal being delivered.

So that will drop the dependency on TIF_IA32/TIF_X32 flags on signal deliver.
Those flags will be used only under CONFIG_COMPAT.

Similar way ARM uses sa_flags to differ in which mode deliver signal
for 26-bit applications (look at SA_THIRYTWO).

Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dsafonov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Oh, accidentally missed this on patches preparation, excuses:
Reviewed-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>